My research has focused on the
spatial and demographic analysis of behavioral and urban phenomena.I am interested in micro-level
decision-making in migration/mobility and housing consumption, macro-level
dynamics in neighborhood change and urban socio-spatial restructuring, and the
interactions between them.I also
have a regional focus on China,
where profound socioeconomic and spatial transformations are taking place.I am interested in understanding the
unprecedented market transition and its impact on Chinese people and places.In particular, I am interested in
migration and housing consumption as responses to new opportunities brought
about by the reform.My research
contributes to three bodies of literature: housing and neighborhood change,
migration and urbanization, market transition and China.

Chengdong Yi and Youqin Huang, 2013.Effectiveness,Efficiency and Equity – An Empirical Evaluation of the
Cheap Rental Housing System in Beijing, China, in Housing Inequality in Chinese Cities, edited by Youqin Huang
and Si-ming Li, London and New York: Routledge: chapter 7